spiderwort
Purple morning-blooming plant
Spiderwort is a flowering plant with grass-like leaves and three-petaled flowers, typically blue or purple.
The blooms last only a day but appear continuously through the growing season.
Native to the Americas, spiderworts are common garden plants and wildflowers.
The name may come from the web-like appearance of the sap when a stem is cut.
Light sky tone
- cobaltElement twenty-seven
- sapphireBlue precious corundum
- indigoPlant-derived blue dye
- ceruleanBright sky tone
periwinkle · cornflower · violet · purple · lavender · dayflower · ephemeral · delicate
Able to endure difficulty
- clump-formingGrowing in dense clusters
- shade-tolerantGrows well in shadow
- groundcoverLow plants blanketing soil
- spreadingExtending over space
low-maintenance · container · edging · naturalized · self-seeding · division · propagation · transplanting
One-cotyledon flowering plant
- stamenPollen-producing flower organ
- filamentVery thin thread
- antherPollen-producing structure
- chromosomeDNA strand carrying genes
cytology · stomata · trichome · mucilaginous · node · internode · prairie
Moist healing application
- infusionSteeping to extract essence
- herbalRelating to medicinal plants
- anti-inflammatoryInflammation-reducing agent
- edibleSafe to consume
mucilage · ethnobotany · traditional · foraging · wildcrafting · salve
Color-imparting material
- textileMaterial from woven fibers
- mordantCuttingly critical in expression
- colorfastnessResistance to fading
- handcraftedMade manually, not machined
azure
Light sky tone
cerulean · periwinkle · cornflower · violet · purple · lavender · dayflower · ephemeral · delicate · vivid
hardy
Able to endure difficulty
- clump-formingGrowing in dense clusters
- shade-tolerantGrows well in shadow
- groundcoverLow plants blanketing soil
spreading · low-maintenance · container · edging · naturalized · self-seeding · division · propagation · transplanting · cultivar
monocot
One-cotyledon flowering plant
chromosome · cytology · stomata · trichome · mucilaginous · node · internode · prairie
poultice
Moist healing application
- infusionSteeping to extract essence
- herbalRelating to medicinal plants
- anti-inflammatoryInflammation-reducing agent
edible · mucilage · ethnobotany · traditional · foraging · wildcrafting · salve
pigment
Color-imparting material
- textileMaterial from woven fibers
- mordantCuttingly critical in expression
- colorfastnessResistance to fading
- wildflowersblack-eyed Susan, black-eyed Susans, daisy, buttercup, bluebonnets
- prairie plantsswitchgrass, buffalo grass, prairie rose, purple coneflower, coneflower
- shade plantshostas, ferns, bleeding heart, bleeding hearts, trillium
- Spiderwortsdayflower, purple heart, blushing bride, tricolor
- Wortsbladderwort, butterwort, figwort, glasswort, liverwort
- folk herbsagrimony, betony, borage, burdock, comfrey